ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 603 Prince Adoris
"A... Obol." Ellems gestured and said in stiff Greek.

The young man took out a drachma from the money bag he was carrying and threw it to Elems. Then he squatted down and picked up a wooden tube. It was made by hollowing out, sanding and painting the center of a fist-thick tree trunk. A simple wooden cup filled with milky white syrup, heavy in the hand.The young man did not dislike its simplicity. He took a small sip first, and after tasting it, he was surprised: "It tastes very good. You mixed goat's milk and grape juice into the syrup. You should also add honey, but this goat's milk There’s no smell at all, how did you do that?”

The young man who spoke was Adoris, the adopted son of King Davos of Dionysia. He was over 18 years old and participated in the war against Daoni for the first time as a legionnaire.Although he has no interest in cooking, he has some experience in this aspect by tasting delicious food at home all the year round.

Ellems pretended not to understand and looked down for change.

Adoris didn't ask any more questions, and took out another drachma and threw it to him: "Stop looking for it, bring me ten glasses of water." He looked around and said, "Brothers have worked hard in training, I Invite us all to drink some syrup to quench your thirst."

His teammates immediately cheered: "Thank you Adoris! Generous Adoris!..."

Elams and his wife hurriedly filled each wooden cup with syrup and handed it to the thirsty soldiers.

"Prince, don't just treat your teammates to drinks, there are us too! We are thirsty too!" a soldier not far from the market entrance shouted.

prince? !Ellems looked at the young man in front of him curiously. In his memory, the person with the title of "Prince" was Vadarka, the son of Tremoni, the former king of Puchetti.Since Tremoni was killed in the Battle of Brindisi, almost all the tribal warriors directly under him were lost. As a result, after the war, the strength of the royal family was greatly reduced, and Puchetti's country was in chaos. There was no "prince" in Vadarka. ", but could not become the new king because he did not get the support of any large tribes.After the Dionian invasion, Vadarka took his family and fled by boat to Epirus on the other side of the Adriatic Sea.

The young man in front of him was tall and burly, with big eyes and thick eyebrows. Unfortunately, the remaining childishness on his face concealed his might. Ellems didn't know whether the title "Prince" was true or false.

Adonis turned around and cursed: "Ampheas, if you keep shouting, believe it or not, I will make it impossible for you to drink water today!"

The soldier was not afraid, he responded with a smile: "As long as you treat me, I won't shout."

Adoris glared at him, but there was nothing he could do.After the Southern Italian War, Dionia almost completely occupied Great Greece. Crotone was forced by the situation, and at the same time they had to completely rely on Dionia to rebuild the new city and restore the prosperity of the past, so the people finally chose Incorporated into the Kingdom of Dionia, the highly respected members of Crotonede, such as Lucias and Myron, were elected and became the elders of Dionia. Amphias was the son of Lucias and followed his father to Tuo. Lii, and became Adoris's classmate at Tulii school.When Adoris became an adult, in order not to be taken care of too much, he specially asked Davos to serve as a legionnaire in the Fourth Legion centered on Crotone, thinking that no one would know him.Who knew that he met Anfias in the Fourth Legion. It turned out that this guy did not set his household registration in Turui when he became an adult, but chose Crotone, his birthplace, and Adoris' identity was leaked.

Adoris knew Amphias's shameless personality. He looked around the market, turned back and pointed at the clay pot beside the stall, and asked, "How much does this jar of slurry cost?"

Elems' heart beat faster, and he quickly replied, "Two drachmas."

"You still have 15 cans here, and I bought them all. For every comrade who comes here, you give him a glass of syrupy water to drink. Can you do that?!" Adoris said simply, and at the same time, he took a drink from his wallet Count 30 drachmas.

"Okay! Okay!..." Ellems nodded repeatedly.

Louder cheers suddenly sounded in the market, "Prince Adoris is victorious!" The cheers were also mixed with a sudden shout.

Damn Amphias!Adoris was so angry that he immediately shouted loudly: "Brothers, Amphias just told me that today I will treat you to drink beer. When he returns to Thurii after winning the battle, he will treat you to beer." !”

"How can I-" Anphias was about to argue, but the soldiers were already shouting excitedly: "Anphias, I didn't expect you to be more generous than Adoris!"

"Amphias, we can't wait to go into battle and be victorious and go home and drink your beer!"

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There was constant laughter in the market.

While Erums was busy handing out syrup to these young soldiers, he lamented that these young soldiers were fearless and did not know the cruelty of war, which reminded him of his own youth.

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In the large tent of the Chinese army in the Dionian military camp, Alexis, the army commander responsible for attacking Daoni this time, was puzzled by a letter written by King Davos. The reason was that at the end of the letter, Davers wrote: "...On the north bank of the Ofanto River, this place where a glorious battle took place in history, I hope you will also win a brilliant victory that will not lose to your predecessors!..."

Alexis thought about it carefully and couldn't remember any big battles that had happened nearby, so he asked the adjutant who graduated with honors from Thurii School: "Umattheus, do you know that Ofan Have there been any fierce battles near the Tuo River before?"

Umattheus, the eldest son of Bagulu, thought for a moment and immediately answered simply: "I don't know."

Could it be that the battle that took place here a long time ago was not recorded, but as a favored one, His Majesty was able to know it through Hades' enlightenment... Alexis could only think this way, Davos The encouragement in the letter made him feel ambitious.

Of course he would not know that the "glorious battle" mentioned in Daves' letter did not happen in the past, but in the history of previous lives: there is a place called Cannay about ten miles east of the Dionia military camp. The Carthaginian army was stationed there. The great commander Hannibal led 5 troops across the river and fought with 8 Roman troops. Through his ingenious formation, he finally defeated the Roman army with a small number and completely annihilated the Roman army. One of the most glorious examples in the history of ancient Western wars.This also gave Davos the impulse to rush over and personally command the war and compete with Hannibal. In the end, he gave up. After all, Dauni was too different from Rome in his previous life, and it was not worth it. He did it himself.

Davos, who doesn't have much historical knowledge, didn't know that another battle that took place south of the city of Ausculum in the northwest of the north bank of the Offanto River in the following decades in his previous life was quite similar. Famous——Battle of Asculum, King Pirus of Epirus led the army to fight the Romans for the second time. Fighting in mind, eventually he led the army out of Italy and went to Sicily.

"Amintas Legion Commander has arrived!... Olivers Legion Commander has arrived! ... Geogris Legion Commander has arrived! ... Lades Legion Commander has arrived!..." The guards outside the big tent kept calling their names loudly.

After several legion commanders entered the tent, they performed military salutes with Alexis and sat down respectively.

"Legion commanders." Alexis sat on the main seat and said solemnly to them: "We have been here for seven days, all the legions and auxiliary troops, as well as the rations and supplies, have arrived. People are also gathering on the other side, so I decided to cross the river tomorrow and launch an attack on the enemy."

"We should have attacked a long time ago! Staying here for so long has almost exhausted our soldiers!" Amyntas immediately raised his hands in approval.

"Lord Amyntas, I think you are the one who is frustrated." Olivers next to him said with a smile.

"Okay, you Olivers, you dare to make fun of me. Let's have a football game in the afternoon. The first legion VS the fourth legion. You and I are the quarterbacks. Whoever loses will jump around the training ground. Do you dare? ?!" Amyntas loudly invited a fight.

"It's not that I don't dare." Olivers declined politely: "We will go on an expedition tomorrow, and we have to assign tasks to the legion in the afternoon to prepare the soldiers. There is no time to compete."

"Find a reason!" Amyntas spat in a low voice. He also knew that Olivers was right and did not bother anymore.

"Commander, will the Dauni people come out to intercept us when we cross the river tomorrow?" Georgris asked cautiously.

"It's very possible!" Alexis replied simply: "According to the information coming back from the north, although King Dauni is unwilling to go out of the city to fight, Asculum, Sipontum, and Hedonia (Herdoniae)...the big leaders of many towns were determined to keep us out of Dauni territory, so they encouraged their king to finally gather their troops on the other side of the Ofanto River. Their troops were smaller than ours. , relying on river operations can increase their advantage, and they should not let this advantage go easily, so they are likely to form formations on the other side to prevent us from crossing the river."

"In this case, we will set up camp early tomorrow morning and cross the river as quickly as possible. I believe that the Daoni army does not have the speed of action of our Dionysian army. By the time they arrive on the other side, we will have already Already crossed the river," Olivers suggested.

"If that's the case, the Dauni people are likely to huddle in the city of Hedonia on the other side and not come out to engage in field battles with us. This will undoubtedly not be conducive to us annihilating the main force of the Dauni people in one fell swoop, and will also delay our conquest of the entire Dauni people. The time in the area will increase the casualties of the soldiers." Alexis shook his head.

(End of this chapter)